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A man accused of robbing a Carolina Shores drugstore with a knife faces felony charges in Brunswick County after his Thursday, Feb. 19, arrest.

Deputies arrested 39-year-old Luther Stanley and 21-year-old Jennifer Hailey Moreland, both of 4409 N. Ocean Blvd., North Myrtle Beach, S.C., on various charges a day after Stanley was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, second-degree kidnapping and assault on a female, according to a Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office news release.

A 16-year-old North Brunswick High School student accused of threatening to kill teachers and students at the Leland school faces a felony charge in Brunswick County.

Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Tristan Bryan Alderton, of Parsley Lane, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, and charged him with making a false report concerning mass violence on educational property, according to a Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Two weeks prior to an upcoming public hearing, some Sunset Beach residents are expressing concern about a proposed terminal groin for the east end of Ocean Isle Beach, which they deem an environmental threat to the Sunset Beach island to the west.

With the hearing on the Ocean Isle terminal groin project scheduled March 3, Sunset Beach island resident Jan Harris said proper public notice about the meeting was not given.

LELAND — If North Carolina wants to compete with other states in attracting industry and growing existing businesses, it must close the skills gap and improve transportation and infrastructure, the governor says.

Gov. Pat McCrory outlined his plan to improve industry in the Tar Heel State during a news conference on the Brunswick Community College campus in Leland on Friday, Feb. 13. He spoke in front of several community leaders as well as representatives from eight existing Brunswick County industries.

CAROLINA SHORES — At least two island mayors from Brunswick County have concerns about future development of offshore wind energy off the North Carolina coast.

Sunset Beach Mayor Ron Watts and Bald Head Island Mayor Andy Sayre were among residents bringing questions and comments to a public hearing Feb. 12 conducted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) at Brunswick Community College’s South Brunswick Islands Center.